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Antonio Arias

Vancouver, BC Canada

Professional manager with publicly listed companies as CFO, Director; angel investor, entrepreneur. Experienced in all life stages of business from seed funding to exit, particularly in health, mining, and technology - capital raising, corporate and business development, plan execution.
Named as one of Top 100 Crowdfunding Most Influential Thought Leaders http://blog.ourcrowd.com/?p=4798

Find the big gorilla problem(s) that need to be solved. From there one can assess the size of the demand. Without demand for a specific solution to a specific problem, we have nothing. When we have demand exceeding supply, we have the ingredients of a potentially profitable business.

AngelList is only one among many, online and offline platforms. It makes sense to pitch your deal where there is a ready market for your proposition. Neither AngelList nor Gust has the market reach of Indiegogo or Kickstarter due to the delay of the JOBS Act Title III which give SMEs access to non-accredited investors. Unlike CircleUp or FundersClub, AngelList or Gust does not curate its deal flows.

Reviews

Tony is a very dedicated and professional individual, and we have worked together on several projects and initiatives since early 2011, identifying new investor and M&A plays in several industries - including mining, tech, and health. With his background and past experience in the industry and hollistic outlook on life, Tony brings a very refreshing spin on doing business, and always looking to bring innovative approach, in order to create shareholder value with new and existing ventures. I would recommend him for any project, based on his knowledge and competency, strong work ethics, and dilligent approach on evaluating all the key business components.

As one of Tony Arias's operations managers, he exemplefied true leadership. He treated us as business partners with a clear mission to serve our customers to the best of our ability. He nurtured a working environment where every one had the freedom to express his creativity and unique talents.

Tony is a "can do no matter what" type of person. He goes outside of the box to deliver results to his clients and shareholders. He kept calling me whenever we have an IT mission to accomplish, regardless of the locations in the mining world.

Tony and I had some unique and interesting challenges deploying and business systems for Sutton Resources. Sutton was developing a gold mine in a remote part of Tanzania in southern Africa.

We became early deployers of satellite communication technology to support mining operations in remote locations. This work provided us with a good foundation for building leading edge business solutions for other remote locations. Ideal experience for the mining business, where remote operations are common.

I met Tony when he was searching for venture capitalists to help him finance Aspert Technology. As a professional manager and a passionate angel investor, he impressed me with his integrity and his good intentions grooming his investee/ client to becoming financeable. I will consider doing more business with Tony in the future.

"Tony is unique of all our finance instructors. He asked us to challenge the textbook professors and brought real live hands-on business experience in the world of high finance that you will never find in text books. He comes to class to have fun with us and encouraged us to watch the Dragon's Den and take some risks earlier in our careers."

Tony and I considered forming a Capital Pool Company (CPC) in 2007- 2008 and investigated opportunties together. We made the decision to suspend the project because we anticipated the coming of the capital market meltdown. Tony is very analytical and does thorough due diligence. He has good business instincts and a rational, strategy approach.

I have always enjoyed working with Tony. He's great with numbers and finance to be sure but he just keeps things light and up beat and its motivational and inspiring to be around him. I like his down-to-earth style.
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